Texas Instruments NAVNSCRK302L1 User Manual

TI-Navigator™

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Contents

Important Information................................................................... ii

Getting started with TI-Navigator .........................................1

Starting TI-Navigator™ on your computer................................... 1

The TI-Navigator computer home screen ..................................... 2

TI-Navigator computer tools.......................................................... 7

Creating and managing your teacher account............................. 8

Using calculator screen options................................................... 11

Logging in to TI-Navigator on your calculator ........................... 12

Logging in to TI-Navigator (student instruction) ....................... 13

The TI-Navigator calculator home screen ................................... 15

TI-Navigator calculator tools ....................................................... 15

Managing classes..................................................................17

Creating classes............................................................................. 17

Selecting a class ............................................................................ 19

Beginning and ending class sessions........................................... 20

Changing the class view............................................................... 20

Removing items from the Class Record....................................... 23

Removing classes .......................................................................... 24

Managing student accounts.................................................25

Adding students to classes........................................................... 25

Checking student login status ..................................................... 27

Arranging the seating chart ........................................................ 27

Sorting student information........................................................ 28

Using the Student Portfolio view................................................ 29

Resetting student passwords....................................................... 32

Changing the classes of a student............................................... 34

Changing student names and identifiers.................................... 36

Moving a student to another class.............................................. 37

Copying a student to another class............................................. 38

Removing a student from a class................................................. 38

Exchanging files with students ...........................................41

Sending files ................................................................................. 41

Sending files (student instruction) .............................................. 46

Collecting files .............................................................................. 48

Receiving files (student instruction)............................................ 50

Deleting files from calculators..................................................... 51

Checking the status of file transfers ........................................... 53

Canceling file transfers ................................................................ 54

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Finding transferred files...............................................................55

Changing the unprompted file location.....................................55

Viewing file properties.................................................................56

Running interactive activities ............................................. 59

Introduction to the Activity Center tool .....................................59

Configuring activities ...................................................................68

Changing the graph window settings......................................... 79

Saving and loading activity settings ...........................................90

Starting and managing activities.................................................91

Creating and adding activity data...............................................94

Contributing activity data (student instruction)....................... 102

Plotting activity data ..................................................................112

Editing activity data....................................................................120

Saving and loading activity data ...............................................121

Deleting activity data .................................................................123

Viewing activity data..................................................................125

Viewing Frequency Plots ............................................................127

Showing and hiding activity data..............................................130

Highlighting activity data ..........................................................134

Sorting activity data ...................................................................135

Polling students.................................................................. 139

The Quick Poll tool window and tabs .......................................139

Opening the Quick Poll tool ......................................................141

Polling your students..................................................................142

Stopping polls .............................................................................143

Pausing polls ...............................................................................143

Resuming paused polls...............................................................144

Responding to polls (student instruction).................................144

Sending poll results to students.................................................146

Saving polls ................................................................................. 146

Viewing poll results ....................................................................146

Sorting poll data.........................................................................148

Showing and hiding display names...........................................148

Viewing previous polls ...............................................................148

Closing the Quick Poll tool.........................................................149

Capturing calculator screens ............................................. 151

Capturing calculator screens......................................................151

Viewing Captured Screens .........................................................152

Saving captured screens .............................................................153

Refreshing captured screens ......................................................154

Showing and hiding display names...........................................154

LearningCheck™ Creator....................................................157

LearningCheck™ Creator Main Window.................................. 157

Creating a new document ......................................................... 158

Specifying document properties ............................................... 159

Adding a new section ................................................................ 160

Adding questions ....................................................................... 161

Adding specific question types.................................................. 163

Editing Presentation Sequence.................................................. 172

Adding questions from the Item Bank...................................... 174

Saving a document..................................................................... 177

Adding special characters to text 178

Working with documents .......................................................... 180

Opening existing documents..................................................... 181

Printing a Report........................................................................ 188

Working with Images 190

Previewing a document ............................................................. 197

Sending documents to calculators ............................................ 198

Sending a document to a classroom network.......................... 200

Notes and tips for TI-73 Explorer™ users.................................. 201

Troubleshooting LearningCheck™ Creator .............................. 202

The Class Analysis Tool .......................................................207

Getting started ........................................................................... 207

Creating a new class analysis..................................................... 207

Viewing a slide show of the analysis......................................... 221

Printing analysis reports............................................................. 222

Glossary of terms used in Class Analysis.................................... 241

Installing Apps and OS files ...............................................243

Opening the App and OS Transfer tool .................................... 243

Adding files to the transfer list ................................................. 244

Selecting and unselecting files to send..................................... 245

Removing files from the transfer list ........................................ 245

Installing Apps or OS files.......................................................... 246

Closing the App and OS Transfer tool....................................... 246

Troubleshooting..................................................................247

Frequently-asked questions....................................................... 247

System requirements.................................................................. 255

Error messages............................................................................ 256

Glossary...............................................................................261

Terms ........................................................................................... 261

File types ..................................................................................... 264

Legal Information .............................................................. 267

Texas Instruments Support and Service .....................................267

Getting started with TI-Navigator

The TI-Navigator™ classroom learning system provides the hardware and software tools you need to set up a wireless classroom network. The TI-Navigator™ system lets you:

• Create and manage classes on the classroom network.

• Transfer files between your computer or calculator and your students’ calculators.

• Monitor your students with screen captures and polling.

• Perform various interactive activities with your students to enhance your lessons.

• Use different tools to create, distribute, and analyze educational content.

• Install TI Graphing Calculator Applications (Apps) on your students’ calculators.

The TI-Navigator™ system has two main components that make it work:

• TI-Navigator computer software. The TI-Navigator computer software contains the tools and options you need to run your wireless classroom network.

• TI-Navigator calculator software. The TI-Navigator calculator software contains the tools you and your students need to exchange information with each other through the TI-Navigator network.

This section provides basic information about TI-Navigator, including information on both the computer software and the calculator software.

Starting TI-Navigator™ on your computer

You can start the TI-Navigator™classroom learning system from your computer’s start menu.

To start TI-Navigator on your computer

f Click

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Start > Programs > TI Tools > TI-Navigator > TI-Navigator™.

The TI-Navigator™ computer home screen opens.

Note: If you have not used the TI-Navigator system before, a prompt

opens asking if you want to set up your classroom. You can choose to set up your classroom or continue on to the TI-Navigator computer home screen.

Note: Make sure that the network indicator at the bottom of the screen

indicates that the TI-Navigator™ network is available. If it is not available, this indicates an error.

The TI-Navigator computer home screen

The TI-Navigator™computer home screen provides the tools and options you need to run the TI-Navigator software. Below you can see an example of the TI-Navigator computer home screen with its main parts labeled. Following the TI-Navigator computer home screen, you can find detailed explanations of each labeled part.

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Ê Classroom tab

Tools tab

Ì Current Class

Í Class Record

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Classroom tab

In the Classroom tab, you can view the students in the selected class and add, remove, or edit students. The Classroom tab has three views, the Seating Chart, Student List and Student Portfolio views. In the Seating Chart view, you can view your students by their display name and an icon. In the Student List view, you can view your students listed in a table with some of their account information. The Student Portfolio view displays student names and the scores for every assignment. Below you can see an example of the Classroom tab with its main parts labeled.

Note: The example below shows the Classroom tab in Student List view.

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Ê Classroom toolbar. Lets you add, edit, and remove students.

Student roster. 1) Seating Chart view - Shows students listed with

display names and student icons. The Seating Chart view lets you arrange your students in the Classroom tab like they are seated in your classroom.

2) Student List view - Shows students listed in a table with some of their account information. The Student List view lets you sort students by display name, first name, last name, user name, and student ID.

3) Student Portfolio View - Displays students listed in a table with scores associated with each assignment that you have included in the Student Portfolio.

View selector. Lets you toggle between the Seating Chart view and

the Student List view.

Tools tab

The Tools tab contains three main sections, including The Activity Center and Networked Software, Tasks, and Utilities. Each section contains icons that link to a particular tool in the TI-Navigator™ software.

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Ê Networked software icons. Icons that let you launch the TI Computer

Applications (Apps) that you can use with the TI-Navigator™ software, including Class Analysis and LearningCheck™ Creator. You must have these Apps installed on your computer in order to launch them from the TI-Navigator™ system.

Ë Activity Center icon. Icon that launches the Activity Center tool, a TI-Navigator™ tool you can use to create and run interactive activities with your class.

Tasks icons. Icons that launch task tools in the TI-Navigator™ software,

including Send to class, Collect from class, Delete from class, the Screen Capture tool, and the Quick Poll tool.

Utilities icons. Icons that launch utilities in the TI-Navigator™

software, including the App and OS Transfer tool and Network Manager.

Current Class

Current Class lets you select classes you have created, as well as begin and end class sessions for the selected class. Below you can see an example of the Current Class with its main parts labeled.

Class list. A drop-down list where you can select a class from the ones

you have created. The Class list is disabled when you have a class session running.

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Ë Begin/End Class button. Button that lets you begin or end a class

session.

Class Record

The Class Record contains both the current and historical activity for the selected class. Below you can see an example of the Class Record with its main parts labeled.

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Ê File deletion. The deletion of a file from your students’ calculators,

indicated by the symbol.

File transfer. The transfer of files between your computer and your

students’ calculators. Arrows beside files indicate file transfers. The symbol indicates transfers from your computer to your class’s calculators.

The symbol indicates transfers from your class’s calculators to your computer. File transfers remain current until all students receive the file, you stop the transfer, or you end the class session.

Status. The progress of an action. For example, “23 of 25” indicates

that 23 out of 25 students have received a file.

Unprompted from Class folder. A folder that contains the files

students have sent to you that were not part of a collect action.

Current action. An action (for example, send) that is still active.

Historic action. An action (for example, send) that is inactive. Historic

actions are disabled.

Remove From Record button. Button that lets you remove selected

historic or active actions from the Class Record. You can remove a single action or multiple actions.

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TI-Navigator computer tools

The TI-Navigator™ classroom learning system contains tools that you can use to interact with your students from your computer. Some of the tools are part of the TI-Navigator™ system, while other tools are optional. This section describes different tools you can use in the TI-Navigator™ system, as well as how to launch them.

The TI-Navigator computer tools

Activity Center – Contains various activities you can use to interact with

your students during your lessons. With the Activity Center tool, you can run interactive activities with your class involving lists, graphs, points, and equations.

App and OS Transfer – Lets you install TI Graphing Calculator Applications (Apps) on your students’ calculators.

Class Analysis – Lets you collect and analyze answers to assignments, as well as use a slide show to review the results with your students. Class Analysis is an optional tool. If you do not install it, then you cannot launch it in the TI-Navigator™ system.

LearningCheck Creator – Lets you create assignments to run on TI calculators and send the assignments to your students.

Network Manager – Lets you activate access points and hubs and resolve network problems.

Quick Poll – Lets you send polls to your students and receive their poll responses.

Screen Capture – Lets you capture your students’ calculator screens and display them on your computer.

To launch TI-Navigator computer tools

1. Click View > Tools or click the Tools tab.

The Tools tab opens.

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2. If the tool you want to launch is inactive, begin the class session.

3. Click the icon of the tool you want to launch.

Note: You can also launch many of these tools from the Tools menu.

Creating and managing your teacher account

You can create your teacher account in the Teacher Preferences section of the TI-Navigator™ classroom learning system. Your teacher account lets you log in to the TI-Navigator™r network from your calculator. After you create your teacher account, you can later change your password or your user name.

To create your teacher account

1. If you have a class session running, end it.

2. Click

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Tools > Teacher Preferences or click Teacher Preferences .

The Teacher Preferences dialog box opens.

3. Enter a user name.

4. Enter a password.

5. Select or deselect the preference for the teacher icon to appear in the classroom view.

If you select this preference, the teacher icon will appear in the classroom view, and you will be included as a recipient in Send to Class, Collect from Class and Delete from Class operations. The teacher calculator screen will be included in screen captures of the class.

6. Select or deselect the option for transfers to be forced by default.

If you select this option, all file transfers will be forced to student calculators, unless you specifically deselect the option for a given file transfer.

7. Click

OK.

To change the password of your teacher account

1. Make sure you are not logged in to the TI-Navigator™ network on your calculator.

2. Click

Tools > Teacher Preferences or click Teacher Preferences .

The Teacher Preferences dialog box opens.

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3. Click Reset.

The TI-Navigator™ software clears the current password.

4. Enter a new password.

5. Click

OK.

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To change the user name of your teacher account

1. Make sure you are not logged in to the TI-Navigator™ network on your calculator.

2. Click

Tools > Teacher Preferences or click Teacher Preferences .

The Teacher Preferences dialog box opens.

3. Enter a new user name.

4. Click

OK.

Using calculator screen options

The TI-Navigator™ classroom learning system has a number of options you and your students can use from your calculator screens. To select an option defined at the bottom of the calculator screen (such as associated with the o key), press the graph key directly below the option.

Mark

Press a key to select one of these options. For example, press to select Mark.

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Logging in to TI-Navigator on your calculator

The TI-Navigator™ classroom learning system uses both your computer and your students’ calculators. Your computer and your students’ calculators communicate through the TI-Navigator™ network. You do not have to log in to the TI-Navigator™ network on your computer to communicate with your students. However, if you plan to participate from your calculator during the TI-Navigator class session, then you must also log in to the TI-Navigator™ network from your calculator.

Before you log in

Create your teacher account in Teacher Preferences.

To log in to the TI-Navigator network

1. If you have not already done so, begin the class session on your computer.

2. On your calculator, press Apps.

The Applications menu opens.

3. Select

4. Press any key on your calculator.

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NavNet from the list of applications.

The NavNet screen opens.

The Login screen opens.

5. Enter your user name and password.

Note: TI-73 Explorer™ users, press -t to type text characters.

6. Select OK.

The TI-Navigator™ Home screen opens. From the TI-Navigator™ Home screen, you can use the TI-Navigator™ activities, network apps, quick poll tool, and transfer capabilities.

Logging in to TI-Navigator (student instruction)

Your computer and your students’ calculators communicate through the TI-Navigator™ network. In order for you and your students to communicate using this network, your students must log in to the network from their calculators. Below you can find instructions you can use to tell your students how to log in to the TI-Navigator™ network.

Before your students log in

• Create your students’ accounts.

• Provide your students with their user names and, if necessary, their passwords.

Student Point of View: The steps below are from the student’s

point of view.

To log in to the TI-Navigator network

1. On your calculator, press Apps.

The Applications menu opens.

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2. Select NavNet from the list of applications.

The NavNet screen opens.

Note: If you attempt to log in to a class using a calculator other than the type of calculator that is being used for the class, you will receive an error message. (For example, you cannot log in to a class designed for the TI-73 Explorer™ using a TI-84 Plus Silver Edition.)

3. Press any key on your calculator.

The Login screen opens.

4. Enter your user name and password.

Note: If you do not know your user name or password, ask your

teacher.

5. Select

OK.

The TI-Navigator™ Home screen opens. From the TI-Navigator™ Home screen, you can use the TI-Navigator™ activities, network apps, and transfer capabilities.

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The TI-Navigator calculator home screen

In the TI-Navigator™ classroom learning system, the home screen on the calculator provides the tools your students need to interact with you using the TI-Navigator™ network. You can also use the TI-Navigator™ calculator home screen to interact with your students. Below you can see an example of the TI-Navigator™ calculator home screen with its main parts labeled.

Note: The calculator home screen shown below is from a student’s

calculator. When you log in to your calculator using your teacher account, your calculator has additional options.

Ê Task menu. Contains a list of the tasks you and your students can

perform on your calculators. The task menu on your teacher calculator contains a Quick Poll task not shown in this picture.

User name. The name of the student logged in to the TI-Navigator™

network.

Task bar. Contains the Quit option. To select the Quit option, you must

press the calculator key underneath it.

TI-Navigator calculator tools

The TI-Navigator™ classroom learning system contains several calculator tools that you and your students can use from the NavNet App on your calculators. This section describes the different tools both you and your students can use, as well as how to launch them.

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The TI-Navigator calculator tools

Activity Center – Lets you and your students participate in the activities

that you send during the Activity Center tool’s sessions.

Network Apps – Lets you and your students open installed TI Graphing Calculator Software Applications (Apps) that can connect to the TI-Navigator™ network.

Quick Poll – Lets you send polls to your students from your calculator. This option is only available on your (the teacher’s) calculator.

Transfers – Lets you and your students exchange files with each other.

To launch TI-Navigator calculator tools

1. If you have not already done so, begin the class session.

2. Log in to your calculator.

3. Press the number of the calculator tool you want to launch.

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Managing classes

The TI-Navigator™ classroom learning system typically includes one or more classes. In order to use the TI-Navigator™ system, you need to create and use classes for each class period that you teach. This section contains the information you need to create and effectively manage your classes.

Creating classes

When you start using the TI-Navigator™ classroom learning system, one of the first things you should do is create your classes. Make sure you create a class for each of the class periods you plan to teach with the TI-Navigator™ system.

To create classes

1. If you have a class session running, end it.

2. Click

3. Enter a class name.

4. Select a class type.

5. Click

File > Add Class or click Add Class .

The Create a Class dialog box opens.

Add Class.

Note: Once you select a class type and add the class, the class created

will only work with the device type specified.

The new class appears in the Create a Class dialog box.

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6. (Optional) Import students into the class:

a) Click the class.

b) Click

Import Students.

The Open dialog box opens.

c) Select the file that contains the students you want to

import.

Note: The file can be a CSV file or comma/tab delimited text

file.

d) Click Open.

The Import Status dialog box opens telling you how many students the TI-Navigator™ system successfully imported.

e) (Optional) If some students did not import successfully, click

View Details to determine the problem.

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The details of the import open in the Import Status dialog box.

f) Click

Note: For more information on importing student data from a file,

see the TI-Navigator™ software tour “Importing Students.pdf” on your installation CD.

7. If you need to create another class, repeat steps 3 - 5.

8. Click Finish.

OK.

Selecting a class

You can create many classes in the TI-Navigator™ classroom learning system. To view or start a class, you must select it from a list of the classes in the Current Class section of the TI-Navigator™ computer home screen.

To select a class

1. If you have a class session running, end it.

2. Click File > Select Class.

A list of classes opens.

3. Click the class you want.

The TI-Navigator™ system displays the information for the selected class.

Note: You can view and edit information in the selected class,

however, you cannot perform any network activities until you begin the class.

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Beginning and ending class sessions

A class session is the period when the TI-Navigator™ classroom learning system is active for a specific class. While a class session is running, you can perform TI-Navigator™ communications functions with the selected class. You cannot use the TI-Navigator™ system to interact with your class until you begin a class session, and you cannot begin another class in the TI-Navigator™ system until you end the current one.

To begin class sessions

1. If you have a class session running, end it.

2. From the Current Class drop-down list, select the class you want to begin.

3. Click

File > Begin Class or click Begin Class .

To end class sessions

f Click

File > End Class or click End Class .

Changing the class view

In the Classroom tab, you can view the selected class in either the Student List view or the Seating Chart view. The Student List view shows your students in a table that contains their display names, first name, last name, user name, and student ID. The Seating Chart view shows your students as student icons with display names. You can change the class view at any time.

To change class view to Student List

1. Click the Classroom tab.

The Classroom tab opens.

Note: The contents of the Classroom tab vary depending on the

selected class and view.

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2. In the menu, click View > Classroom > Student List.

-or-

In the Classroom tab, click

View > Student List.

The Classroom tab changes the class view to Student List.

To change the class view to Seating Chart

1. Click the Classroom tab.

The Classroom tab opens.

Note: The contents of the Classroom tab vary depending on the

selected class and view.

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2. In the menu, click View > Classroom > Seating Chart.

-or-

In the Classroom tab, click

View > Seating Chart.

The Classroom tab changes the class view to Seating Chart.

To change the class view to Student Portfolio

1. Click the Classroom tab.

The Classroom tab opens.

Note: The contents of the Classroom tab vary depending on the

selected class and view.

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2. In the menu, click View > Classroom > Student Portfolio.

-or-

In the Classroom tab, click

The Classroom tab changes the class view to Student Portfolio.

View > Student Portfolio.

Removing items from the Class Record

The Class Record maintains a list of all of the actions you have performed in your class. Items remain in this list until you remove the items or you remove the class. You can remove items from the Class Record at any time.

To remove items from the Class Record

1. In the Class Record, click the item you want to remove.

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The TI-Navigator™ system highlights the selected item in the Class Record.

2. Click Edit > Remove From Record or click Remove From Record.

Note: If you are removing an item that is still in progress, the

Remove From Record dialog box opens asking if you are sure you want to remove the item. Click Remove.

Removing classes

If you have a class you no longer need, you can remove it from the TI-Navigator™ classroom learning system. When you remove a class, the TI-Navigator™ system removes the class from the software and removes the file on the hard drive that correspond to that class. If you have students who are not part of any other classes, the software removes those students from the software as well.

Note: You cannot undo the removal of a class.

To remove classes

1. If you have a class session running, end it.

2. From the Current Class drop-down list, select the class you want to remove.

The TI-Navigator™ system shows the selected class in the Current Class field.

3. Click

4. Click

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File > Remove Class.

The TI-Navigator™ system asks if you are sure you want to remove the class.

Remove.

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